A social drama, a spectacular rescue operation.
This Wednesday, a 48-year-old man weighing almost 300 kg was rescued by Catalan firefighters in the city Prat de LlobregatSouth of Barcelona. The man who suffersmorbid obesityHe contacted emergency services early in the morning and claimed he had fallen. To help him, firefighters had to smash a window and scrape all over to get to the body, which was finally removed from the apartment after six hours of work thanks to a crane.
Diogenes Syndrome
The rescuers had to contend with another problem: the man actually suffers from it Diogenes Syndrome. To put it simply: he collects them at home debris. The photos sent by our colleagues are edifying: the apartment was full Waste.
Serveis Socials del Prat de Llobregat will intervene in 2003 and 2013 in the case of home rescue for sick obesity and the person in charge admits that he violated the protocolshttps://t.co/FskJgoj0F1
— 324.cat (@324cat) May 25, 2023
The testimonies collected by our colleagues from 324 in the neighborhood are chilling: The man hadn’t had water for three years after a leak in the parking lot, he hadn’t taken his medication for two years, according to the neighborhood pharmacist and social services listened in 2013 10 years of support to follow him. “Without the consent of the person concerned, they cannot enter the apartment without judicial authorization,” specify our colleagues. For their part, the neighbors tried to contact the police or the town hall, “without result”. Five similar cases would be identified in the community.